diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/interface.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/interface.scala
index 6743b052fb3a1..31a07a9b0fe6b 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/interface.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/interface.scala
@@ -471,6 +471,46 @@ object CatalogTable {
 
   val VIEW_REFERRED_TEMP_VIEW_NAMES = VIEW_PREFIX + "referredTempViewNames"
   val VIEW_REFERRED_TEMP_FUNCTION_NAMES = VIEW_PREFIX + "referredTempFunctionsNames"
+
+  def splitLargeTableProp(key: String, value: String, addProp: (String, String) => Unit): Unit = {
+    val threshold = SQLConf.get.getConf(SQLConf.HIVE_TABLE_PROPERTY_LENGTH_THRESHOLD)
+    if (value.length <= threshold) {
+      addProp(key, value)
+    } else {
+      val parts = value.grouped(threshold).toSeq
+      addProp(s"$key.numParts", parts.length.toString)
+      parts.zipWithIndex.foreach { case (part, index) =>
+        addProp(s"$key.part.$index", part)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  def readLargeTableProp(props: Map[String, String], key: String): Option[String] = {
+    props.get(key).orElse {
+      if (props.filterKeys(_.startsWith(key)).isEmpty) {
+        None
+      } else {
+        val numParts = props.get(s"$key.numParts")
+        val errorMessage = s"Cannot read table property '$key' as it's corrupted."
+        if (numParts.isEmpty) {
+          throw new AnalysisException(errorMessage)
+        } else {
+          val parts = (0 until numParts.get.toInt).map { index =>
+            props.getOrElse(s"$key.part.$index", {
+              throw new AnalysisException(
+                s"$errorMessage Missing part $index, ${numParts.get} parts are expected.")
+            })
+          }
+          Some(parts.mkString)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  def isLargeTableProp(originalKey: String, propKey: String): Boolean = {
+    propKey == originalKey || propKey == s"$originalKey.numParts" ||
+      propKey.startsWith(s"$originalKey.part.")
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -545,7 +585,10 @@ case class CatalogColumnStat(
     min.foreach { v => map.put(s"${colName}.${CatalogColumnStat.KEY_MIN_VALUE}", v) }
     max.foreach { v => map.put(s"${colName}.${CatalogColumnStat.KEY_MAX_VALUE}", v) }
     histogram.foreach { h =>
-      map.put(s"${colName}.${CatalogColumnStat.KEY_HISTOGRAM}", HistogramSerializer.serialize(h))
+      CatalogTable.splitLargeTableProp(
+        s"$colName.${CatalogColumnStat.KEY_HISTOGRAM}",
+        HistogramSerializer.serialize(h),
+        map.put)
     }
     map.toMap
   }
@@ -649,7 +692,8 @@ object CatalogColumnStat extends Logging {
         nullCount = map.get(s"${colName}.${KEY_NULL_COUNT}").map(v => BigInt(v.toLong)),
         avgLen = map.get(s"${colName}.${KEY_AVG_LEN}").map(_.toLong),
         maxLen = map.get(s"${colName}.${KEY_MAX_LEN}").map(_.toLong),
-        histogram = map.get(s"${colName}.${KEY_HISTOGRAM}").map(HistogramSerializer.deserialize),
+        histogram = CatalogTable.readLargeTableProp(map, s"$colName.$KEY_HISTOGRAM")
+          .map(HistogramSerializer.deserialize),
         version = map(s"${colName}.${KEY_VERSION}").toInt
       ))
     } catch {
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
index fd6a30ac6a81c..94715e1dc7c83 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
@@ -882,6 +882,16 @@ object SQLConf {
     .checkValues(HiveCaseSensitiveInferenceMode.values.map(_.toString))
     .createWithDefault(HiveCaseSensitiveInferenceMode.NEVER_INFER.toString)
 
+  val HIVE_TABLE_PROPERTY_LENGTH_THRESHOLD =
+    buildConf("spark.sql.hive.tablePropertyLengthThreshold")
+      .internal()
+      .doc("The maximum length allowed in a single cell when storing Spark-specific information " +
+        "in Hive's metastore as table properties. Currently it covers 2 things: the schema's " +
+        "JSON string, the histogram of column statistics.")
+      .version("3.2.0")
+      .intConf
+      .createWithDefault(4000)
+
   val OPTIMIZER_METADATA_ONLY = buildConf("spark.sql.optimizer.metadataOnly")
     .internal()
     .doc("When true, enable the metadata-only query optimization that use the table's metadata " +
@@ -3075,7 +3085,9 @@ object SQLConf {
       RemovedConfig("spark.sql.optimizer.planChangeLog.rules", "3.1.0", "",
         s"Please use `${PLAN_CHANGE_LOG_RULES.key}` instead."),
       RemovedConfig("spark.sql.optimizer.planChangeLog.batches", "3.1.0", "",
-        s"Please use `${PLAN_CHANGE_LOG_BATCHES.key}` instead.")
+        s"Please use `${PLAN_CHANGE_LOG_BATCHES.key}` instead."),
+      RemovedConfig("spark.sql.sources.schemaStringLengthThreshold", "3.2.0", "4000",
+        s"Please use `${HIVE_TABLE_PROPERTY_LENGTH_THRESHOLD.key}` instead.")
     )
 
     Map(configs.map { cfg => cfg.key -> cfg } : _*)
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/StaticSQLConf.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/StaticSQLConf.scala
index 02cb6f29622f5..4cf953294f1b2 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/StaticSQLConf.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/StaticSQLConf.scala
@@ -54,21 +54,6 @@ object StaticSQLConf {
     .transform(_.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT))
     .createWithDefault("global_temp")
 
-  // This is used to control when we will split a schema's JSON string to multiple pieces
-  // in order to fit the JSON string in metastore's table property (by default, the value has
-  // a length restriction of 4000 characters, so do not use a value larger than 4000 as the default
-  // value of this property). We will split the JSON string of a schema to its length exceeds the
-  // threshold. Note that, this conf is only read in HiveExternalCatalog which is cross-session,
-  // that's why this conf has to be a static SQL conf.
-  val SCHEMA_STRING_LENGTH_THRESHOLD =
-    buildStaticConf("spark.sql.sources.schemaStringLengthThreshold")
-      .internal()
-      .doc("The maximum length allowed in a single cell when " +
-        "storing additional schema information in Hive's metastore.")
-      .version("1.3.1")
-      .intConf
-      .createWithDefault(4000)
-
   val FILESOURCE_TABLE_RELATION_CACHE_SIZE =
     buildStaticConf("spark.sql.filesourceTableRelationCacheSize")
       .internal()
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RuntimeConfigSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RuntimeConfigSuite.scala
index 720d570ca8384..4052130720811 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RuntimeConfigSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RuntimeConfigSuite.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql
 import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
 import org.apache.spark.internal.config
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf.CHECKPOINT_LOCATION
-import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.StaticSQLConf.SCHEMA_STRING_LENGTH_THRESHOLD
+import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.StaticSQLConf.GLOBAL_TEMP_DATABASE
 
 class RuntimeConfigSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class RuntimeConfigSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     val conf = newConf()
 
     // SQL configs
-    assert(!conf.isModifiable(SCHEMA_STRING_LENGTH_THRESHOLD.key))
+    assert(!conf.isModifiable(GLOBAL_TEMP_DATABASE.key))
     assert(conf.isModifiable(CHECKPOINT_LOCATION.key))
     // Core configs
     assert(!conf.isModifiable(config.CPUS_PER_TASK.key))
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/StatisticsCollectionSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/StatisticsCollectionSuite.scala
index 3fc679f6b9fc7..4e93bcad0e99c 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/StatisticsCollectionSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/StatisticsCollectionSuite.scala
@@ -174,6 +174,15 @@ class StatisticsCollectionSuite extends StatisticsCollectionTestBase with Shared
     }
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-33812: column stats round trip serialization with splitting histogram property") {
+    withSQLConf(SQLConf.HIVE_TABLE_PROPERTY_LENGTH_THRESHOLD.key -> "10") {
+      statsWithHgms.foreach { case (k, v) =>
+        val roundtrip = CatalogColumnStat.fromMap("t", k, v.toMap(k))
+        assert(roundtrip == Some(v))
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   test("analyze column command - result verification") {
     // (data.head.productArity - 1) because the last column does not support stats collection.
     assert(stats.size == data.head.productArity - 1)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConfSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConfSuite.scala
index 1ea2d4fd0b32c..e699c972268a9 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConfSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConfSuite.scala
@@ -282,23 +282,23 @@ class SQLConfSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession {
   }
 
   test("static SQL conf comes from SparkConf") {
-    val previousValue = sparkContext.conf.get(SCHEMA_STRING_LENGTH_THRESHOLD)
+    val previousValue = sparkContext.conf.get(GLOBAL_TEMP_DATABASE)
     try {
-      sparkContext.conf.set(SCHEMA_STRING_LENGTH_THRESHOLD, 2000)
+      sparkContext.conf.set(GLOBAL_TEMP_DATABASE, "a")
       val newSession = new SparkSession(sparkContext)
-      assert(newSession.conf.get(SCHEMA_STRING_LENGTH_THRESHOLD) == 2000)
+      assert(newSession.conf.get(GLOBAL_TEMP_DATABASE) == "a")
       checkAnswer(
-        newSession.sql(s"SET ${SCHEMA_STRING_LENGTH_THRESHOLD.key}"),
-        Row(SCHEMA_STRING_LENGTH_THRESHOLD.key, "2000"))
+        newSession.sql(s"SET ${GLOBAL_TEMP_DATABASE.key}"),
+        Row(GLOBAL_TEMP_DATABASE.key, "a"))
     } finally {
-      sparkContext.conf.set(SCHEMA_STRING_LENGTH_THRESHOLD, previousValue)
+      sparkContext.conf.set(GLOBAL_TEMP_DATABASE, previousValue)
     }
   }
 
   test("cannot set/unset static SQL conf") {
-    val e1 = intercept[AnalysisException](sql(s"SET ${SCHEMA_STRING_LENGTH_THRESHOLD.key}=10"))
+    val e1 = intercept[AnalysisException](sql(s"SET ${GLOBAL_TEMP_DATABASE.key}=10"))
     assert(e1.message.contains("Cannot modify the value of a static config"))
-    val e2 = intercept[AnalysisException](spark.conf.unset(SCHEMA_STRING_LENGTH_THRESHOLD.key))
+    val e2 = intercept[AnalysisException](spark.conf.unset(GLOBAL_TEMP_DATABASE.key))
     assert(e2.message.contains("Cannot modify the value of a static config"))
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalog.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalog.scala
index 54c237f78cb9c..98a7ed5a4ea87 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalog.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalog.scala
@@ -429,18 +429,7 @@ private[spark] class HiveExternalCatalog(conf: SparkConf, hadoopConf: Configurat
     val properties = new mutable.HashMap[String, String]
 
     properties.put(CREATED_SPARK_VERSION, table.createVersion)
-
-    // Serialized JSON schema string may be too long to be stored into a single metastore table
-    // property. In this case, we split the JSON string and store each part as a separate table
-    // property.
-    val threshold = conf.get(SCHEMA_STRING_LENGTH_THRESHOLD)
-    val schemaJsonString = schema.json
-    // Split the JSON string.
-    val parts = schemaJsonString.grouped(threshold).toSeq
-    properties.put(DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_NUMPARTS, parts.size.toString)
-    parts.zipWithIndex.foreach { case (part, index) =>
-      properties.put(s"$DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_PART_PREFIX$index", part)
-    }
+    CatalogTable.splitLargeTableProp(DATASOURCE_SCHEMA, schema.json, properties.put)
 
     if (partitionColumns.nonEmpty) {
       properties.put(DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_NUMPARTCOLS, partitionColumns.length.toString)
@@ -744,8 +733,8 @@ private[spark] class HiveExternalCatalog(conf: SparkConf, hadoopConf: Configurat
       case None if table.tableType == VIEW =>
         // If this is a view created by Spark 2.2 or higher versions, we should restore its schema
         // from table properties.
-        if (table.properties.contains(DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_NUMPARTS)) {
-          table = table.copy(schema = getSchemaFromTableProperties(table))
+        CatalogTable.readLargeTableProp(table.properties, DATASOURCE_SCHEMA).foreach { schemaJson =>
+          table = table.copy(schema = DataType.fromJson(schemaJson).asInstanceOf[StructType])
         }
 
       // No provider in table properties, which means this is a Hive serde table.
@@ -795,8 +784,9 @@ private[spark] class HiveExternalCatalog(conf: SparkConf, hadoopConf: Configurat
 
     // If this is a Hive serde table created by Spark 2.1 or higher versions, we should restore its
     // schema from table properties.
-    if (table.properties.contains(DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_NUMPARTS)) {
-      val schemaFromTableProps = getSchemaFromTableProperties(table)
+    val schemaJson = CatalogTable.readLargeTableProp(table.properties, DATASOURCE_SCHEMA)
+    if (schemaJson.isDefined) {
+      val schemaFromTableProps = DataType.fromJson(schemaJson.get).asInstanceOf[StructType]
       val partColumnNames = getPartitionColumnsFromTableProperties(table)
       val reorderedSchema = reorderSchema(schema = schemaFromTableProps, partColumnNames)
 
@@ -836,7 +826,8 @@ private[spark] class HiveExternalCatalog(conf: SparkConf, hadoopConf: Configurat
       storageWithLocation.properties.filterKeys(!HIVE_GENERATED_STORAGE_PROPERTIES(_)).toMap)
     val partitionProvider = table.properties.get(TABLE_PARTITION_PROVIDER)
 
-    val schemaFromTableProps = getSchemaFromTableProperties(table)
+    val schemaFromTableProps = CatalogTable.readLargeTableProp(table.properties, DATASOURCE_SCHEMA)
+      .map(json => DataType.fromJson(json).asInstanceOf[StructType]).getOrElse(new StructType())
     val partColumnNames = getPartitionColumnsFromTableProperties(table)
     val reorderedSchema = reorderSchema(schema = schemaFromTableProps, partColumnNames)
 
@@ -1340,7 +1331,6 @@ object HiveExternalCatalog {
   val DATASOURCE_PROVIDER = DATASOURCE_PREFIX + "provider"
   val DATASOURCE_SCHEMA = DATASOURCE_PREFIX + "schema"
   val DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_PREFIX = DATASOURCE_SCHEMA + "."
-  val DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_NUMPARTS = DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_PREFIX + "numParts"
   val DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_NUMPARTCOLS = DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_PREFIX + "numPartCols"
   val DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_NUMSORTCOLS = DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_PREFIX + "numSortCols"
   val DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_NUMBUCKETS = DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_PREFIX + "numBuckets"
@@ -1373,40 +1363,6 @@ object HiveExternalCatalog {
   val EMPTY_DATA_SCHEMA = new StructType()
     .add("col", "array<string>", nullable = true, comment = "from deserializer")
 
-  // A persisted data source table always store its schema in the catalog.
-  private def getSchemaFromTableProperties(metadata: CatalogTable): StructType = {
-    val errorMessage = "Could not read schema from the hive metastore because it is corrupted."
-    val props = metadata.properties
-    val schema = props.get(DATASOURCE_SCHEMA)
-    if (schema.isDefined) {
-      // Originally, we used `spark.sql.sources.schema` to store the schema of a data source table.
-      // After SPARK-6024, we removed this flag.
-      // Although we are not using `spark.sql.sources.schema` any more, we need to still support.
-      DataType.fromJson(schema.get).asInstanceOf[StructType]
-    } else if (props.filterKeys(_.startsWith(DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_PREFIX)).isEmpty) {
-      // If there is no schema information in table properties, it means the schema of this table
-      // was empty when saving into metastore, which is possible in older version(prior to 2.1) of
-      // Spark. We should respect it.
-      new StructType()
-    } else {
-      val numSchemaParts = props.get(DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_NUMPARTS)
-      if (numSchemaParts.isDefined) {
-        val parts = (0 until numSchemaParts.get.toInt).map { index =>
-          val part = metadata.properties.get(s"$DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_PART_PREFIX$index").orNull
-          if (part == null) {
-            throw new AnalysisException(errorMessage +
-              s" (missing part $index of the schema, ${numSchemaParts.get} parts are expected).")
-          }
-          part
-        }
-        // Stick all parts back to a single schema string.
-        DataType.fromJson(parts.mkString).asInstanceOf[StructType]
-      } else {
-        throw new AnalysisException(errorMessage)
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   private def getColumnNamesByType(
       props: Map[String, String],
       colType: String,
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientImpl.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientImpl.scala
index 6a964a0ce3613..e779a80f7c323 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientImpl.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientImpl.scala
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.parser.{CatalystSqlParser, ParseException}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.SupportsNamespaces._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.QueryExecutionException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveExternalCatalog
-import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveExternalCatalog.{DATASOURCE_SCHEMA, DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_NUMPARTS, DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_PART_PREFIX}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveExternalCatalog.DATASOURCE_SCHEMA
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 import org.apache.spark.util.{CircularBuffer, Utils}
@@ -580,9 +580,7 @@ private[hive] class HiveClientImpl(
     val it = oldTable.getParameters.entrySet.iterator
     while (it.hasNext) {
       val entry = it.next()
-      val isSchemaProp = entry.getKey.startsWith(DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_PART_PREFIX) ||
-        entry.getKey == DATASOURCE_SCHEMA || entry.getKey == DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_NUMPARTS
-      if (isSchemaProp) {
+      if (CatalogTable.isLargeTableProp(DATASOURCE_SCHEMA, entry.getKey)) {
         it.remove()
       }
     }
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/MetastoreDataSourcesSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/MetastoreDataSourcesSuite.scala
index 0593dbe7f6653..6e14034d8d548 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/MetastoreDataSourcesSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/MetastoreDataSourcesSuite.scala
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ class MetastoreDataSourcesSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils with TestHiv
   }
 
   test("SPARK-6024 wide schema support") {
-    assert(spark.sparkContext.conf.get(SCHEMA_STRING_LENGTH_THRESHOLD) == 4000)
+    assert(conf.getConf(SQLConf.HIVE_TABLE_PROPERTY_LENGTH_THRESHOLD) == 4000)
     withTable("wide_schema") {
       withTempDir { tempDir =>
         // We will need 80 splits for this schema if the threshold is 4000.
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ class MetastoreDataSourcesSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils with TestHiv
       val newSession = sparkSession.newSession()
       newSession.sql("CREATE TABLE abc(i int) USING json")
       val tableMeta = newSession.sessionState.catalog.getTableMetadata(TableIdentifier("abc"))
-      assert(tableMeta.properties(DATASOURCE_SCHEMA_NUMPARTS).toInt == 1)
+      assert(tableMeta.properties.contains(DATASOURCE_SCHEMA))
       assert(tableMeta.properties(DATASOURCE_PROVIDER) == "json")
     }
   }